by | May 23, 2009 | Culture, History, Theology
As some of you know, I went through a long phase where I was a huge fan of Ronald Reagan. I still am, to a large degree, but I no longer actively collect biographies written about him or things like that. In fact, the more I think about Reagan’s political...
by | Apr 14, 2008 | Bible, Books, Church, Culture, History, Theology
Over Spring Break, I read The Dispensational-Covenantal Rift: The Fissuring of American Evangelical Theology from 1936 to 1944. The book was originally a Ph.D. dissertation in Church History by a Dallas Theological Seminary graduate, and I found it absolutely...
by | Oct 13, 2007 | Books, Church, Culture, History, Theology, Worship
We had midterms this past week, which caused no little stress in my life. This was the perfect storm of schoolwork, and I cannot remember doing more work in one week since I had to write my senior thesis in a week, and then preach that Sunday, a couple of years ago....
by | May 14, 2007 | Church, History, Preaching, Theology
I know what the devil will say to you. He will say to you, “You are a sinner!” Tell him you know you are, but that for all that you are justified. He will tell you of the greatness of your sin. Tell him of the greatness of Christ’s righteousness. He...
by | Mar 29, 2007 | Bible, Books, Culture, History, Theology
Yesterday in my theology class, my professor expressed his disagreement with Augustine’s conception of the nature of evil. Augustine essentially argued three things: God created all things, so that nothing exists that God did not create. God created all things...
by | Mar 8, 2007 | Bible, Church, History, Theology
For my theology class, I just finished reading C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity. I know that I had already read the book twice, but I may also have read it a third time before this reading. Reading it again, though, showed me just how much Lewis has influenced my...